Properties

Click Method

Description

Clicks the object.

Syntax

object.Click [x], [y], [BUTTON]

Arguments

Parameter

Description

x

Optional. An integer value. The x-coordinate of the click. Note that the specified coordinates are relative to the upper left corner of the object. The default value is the center of the object.Default value = 0

y

Optional. An integer value.

The y-coordinate of the click. Note that the specified coordinates are relative to the upper left corner of the object. The default value is the center of the object.

Tip: You can enter MicNoCoordinate for the x and y argument values if you want to enter a value for the button argument without specifying x- and y-coordinates for the click.

Default value = 0

BUTTON

Optional. A predefined constant or number. The mouse button used to click the object.Default value = micLeftBtn

Return Type

None

IMPORTANT

UFT does not record the Click method for right- or middle-clicks. Instead, UFT records the RightClick and MiddleClick methods.

Recording options for this method are defined in the Advanced tab of the Web Options dialog box. For details, see the section on the Web > Advanced pane in the UFT Add-ins Guide.

For some Mozilla Firefox objects, this method is recorded only if a handler is present. For details, see the topic on working with multiple browsers in the UFT Add-ins Guide.

DoubleClick Method

Description

Syntax

Arguments

The number of seconds between the two clicks. The default value is 0.2 seconds.

x

Optional. An integer value.The x-coordinate of the click. The specified coordinates are relative to the upper left corner of the object. The default value is the center of the object.

Default value = 0

y

Optional. An integer value.The y-coordinate of the click. The specified coordinates are relative to the upper left corner of the object. The default value is the center of the object.

Default value = 0

Return Type

None

IMPORTANT

This method is supported as long as the application supports touch events and is run on a mobile device on Mobile Center or a touch-enabled browser. Using this method on desktop browsers may generate warnings, even if you are using a mobile emulator.

Drag Method

Description

Syntax

Arguments

Optional. An integer value. The x-coordinate within the source object.Default value = 0

y

Optional. An integer value. The y-coordinate within the source object.Default value = 0

BUTTON

Optional. A predefined constant or number. The mouse button used to drag the object.Default value = micLeftBtn

Modifier

Optional. A String value.

The keyboard modifier that is pressed during the Drag operation.

Possible values:

micAlt

micCtrl

micShift

Return Type

None

IMPORTANT

Drag and Drop operations are performed as a coupled step. Inserting one operation without the other causes an error to occur in the run session.

UFT supports the following scenarios:

Scenario A: One object is dragged onto another object. For example, you can drag a WebButton from one frame object (source object) to another object (target object), or drag a WebElement (source object) onto a Link object (target object) in the same frame.

Scenario B: An object is moved from one location in a frame to another location in the same frame. In this case, the test object used for the Drag setp is the same as the test object used for the Drop step.

Scenario C: An item within an object is moved to another location within that object (also known as drag and pan). For example, in a map application, you can relocate an image relative to itself or drag a Slider object.

When recording: You cannot record crossobject or cross-frame types of drag and drop oeprations (operations in which you try to drop an object on another object or in aother frame). You can, however, insert these types of Drop steps manually. Note that it may be helfup to record a drag and drop operation on the object in order to determine valid coordinates for the Drag operation step. You will need to delete the recorded Drop step, though, and manually add a new Drop step for the target object instead.

When running: If the application being tested supports scrolling, then UFT supports scroplling when the Drag and Drop test objects are both located in the same frame. UFT drags the Drag object to the edge of the frame, waits for the Drop object to appear, and drops the Drag object onto the Drop object. If the application being tested does not support scrolling, then UFT displays an error message when it reaches a step that requires scrolling.

Run session. If you want to drag a test object from one frame to another, UFT tries to make both the Drag and Drop objects visible in their frames prior to performing the Drag and Drop operation. If the two objects cannot be viewed simultaneously (for example, because the browser window is too small), the step will fail.

Notes for Scenario B and Scenario C:

If the screen resolution during a run session is not the same as the screen resolution during the recording session, then the size of the frame may be different during the run session as compared to the recording session. In this case, the target location coordinates may be different during the run session, and this may cause the test steps to fail.

During a run session, if the coordinates of a Drop step are located outside the visible frame area (for example, because your application changed), then the step may not run accurately. To solve this, fix the specified coordinates, as needed. The test object can be dragged only within the visible area of the frame object. Dragging the object to the edge of a window or frame does not cause the area to scroll (as it does in Scenario A).

Drop Method

Description

Performs the 'drop' part of a drag and drop operation.

Syntax

object.Drop [x], [y]

Arguments

Parameter

Description

x

Optional. An integer value. The x-coordinate of the target object on which the dragged object is dropped. If the dragged and dropped object is the same object, then the x-coordinate is relative to the upper left corner in the source location prior to being dragged.Default value = 0

y

Optional. An integer value. The y-coordinate of the target object on which the dragged object is dropped. If the dragged and dropped object is the same object, then the y-coordinate is relative to the upper left corner in the source location prior to being dragged.Default value = 0

Return Type

None

IMPORTANT

Drag and Drop operations are performed as a coupled step. Inserting one operation without the other causes and error to occur. For more information on Drag and Drop operations, see Drag Method.

Return Type

HoverTap Method

Description

When hover is supported, places the pointer on the object. Otherwise, taps the object.

Syntax

object.HoverTap [x], [y]

Arguments

Parameter

Description

x

Optional. An integer value.The x-coordinate of the hover point or tap. The specified coordinates are relative to the upper left corner of the object. The default value is the center of the object.

Default value = 0

y

Optional. An integer value.The y-coordinate of the hover point or tap. The specified coordinates are relative to the upper left corner of the object. The default value is the center of the object.

Default value = 0

Return Type

None

IMPORTANT

This method is supported as long as the application supports touch events and is run on a mobile device on Mobile Center or a touch-enabled browser. Using this method on desktop browsers may generate warnings, even if you are using a mobile emulator.

Arguments

Optional. An integer value. The x-coordinate of the long tap gesture. The coordinate is relative to the upper left corner of the object. The default value is the center of the object.Default value = 0

y

Optional. An integer value. The y-coordinate of the tap gesture. The coordinate is relative to the upper left corner of the object. The default value is the center of the object.Default value = 0

Return Type

None

IMPORTANT

This method is supported as long as the application supports touch events and is run on a mobile device on Mobile Center or a touch-enabled browser. Using this method on desktop browsers may generate warnings, even if you are using a mobile emulator.

Example

'The following example performs a LongPress on an SAPUIMenu object.
("Device").App("HPE Mobile Web_2").MobileWebView("Web View").Page("Checkbox and radio inputs").SAPWebExtMenu("Item2-1").LongPress 1,75,75

MiddleClick Method

Description

Middle-clicks the object.

Syntax

object.MiddleClick [x], [y]

Arguments

Parameter

Description

x

Optional. An integer value. The x-coordinate of the middle click. The specified coordinates are relative to the upper left corner of the object. The default value is the center of the object.Default value = 0

y

Optional. An integer value. The y-coordinate of the middle click. The specified coordinates are relative to the upper left corner of the object. The default value is the center of the object.Default value = 0

Return Type

None

IMPORTANT

If UFT does not record the MiddleClick method, it may be due to Web Event Recording Configuration settings that were preserved fro the upgrade of a previous UFT version. In this case, you can enable recording of these methods by resetting the Web Event Recording Configuration to a preconfigured level. For details, see the section on the Custom Web Event Recording Configuration dialog box in the UFT Add-ins Guide.

When Event Replay is selected for the Replay type option (by using Tools > Options > GUI Testing tab > Web pane > Advanced node), UFT fires onmousedown, focus, and onmouseup events for this method, which may cause slightly different behavior than the regular Click method with a micMiddleButton value for the Button argumen.

The x-coordinate of where the pan gesture starts. The specified coordinates are relative to the upper left corner of the object.

Default value = 0

startY

Optional. An integer value.

The y-coordinate of where the pan gesture starts. The specified coordinates are relative to the upper left corner of the object.

Default value = 0

Return Type

None

IMPORTANT

This method is supported as long as the application supports touch events and is run on a mobile device on Mobile Center or a touch-enabled browser. Using this method on desktop browsers may generate warnings, even if you are using a mobile emulator.

This method is not supported in Internet Explorer and older versions of FireFox.

Pinch Method

Description

Perform a pinch gesture.

Syntax

object.Pinch scale, [duration], [x], [y]

Arguments

Parameter

Description

scale

Required. A Variant.

The zoom scale resulting from the pinch gesture. This is the ratio between the distance between the fingers at the end of the pinch gesture to the distance between the fingers at the beginning of the pinch gesture.

duration

Optional. A Variant.

The number of seconds required to perform the pinch gesture. The default value is 1 second.

x

Optional. An integer value.

The x-coordinate of where the pinch gesture begins. The specified coordinates are relative to the upper left corner of the object. The default value is the center of the object.

Default value = 0

y

Optional. An integer value.

The y-coordinate of of where the pinch gesture begins. The specified coordinates are relative to the upper left corner of the object. The default value is the center of the object.

Default value = 0

Return Type

None

IMPORTANT

This method is supported as long as the application supports touch events and is run on a mobile device on Mobile Center or a touch-enabled browser. Using this method on desktop browsers may generate warnings, even if you are using a mobile emulator.

This method is not supported in Internet Explorer and older versions of FireFox.

RightClick Method

Description

Right-clicks the object.

Syntax

object.RightClick [x], [y]

Arguments

Parameter

Description

x

Optional. An integer value. The x-coordinate of the right click. The specified coordinates are relative to the upper left corner of the object. The default value is the center of the object.Default value = 0

y

Optional. An integer value. The y-coordinate of the right click. The specified coordinates are relative to the upper left corner of the object. The default value is the center of the object.Default value = 0

Return Type

None

IMPORTANT

If UFT does not record the RightClick method, it may be due to Web Event Recording Configuration settings that were preserved from the upgrade of a previous UFT version. In this case, you can enable recording of these methods by resetting the Web Event Recording Configuration to a preconfigured level. For details, see the section on the Custom Web Event Recording Configuration dialog box in the UFT Add-ins Guide.

When Event Replay is selected for the Replay type option (by using Tools > Options > GUI Testing tab > Web pane > Advanced node), UFT fires onmousedown, focus, onmouseup, and oncontextmenu events for this method, which may cause slightly different behavior than the regular Click method with a micRightButton value for the Button argument.

Optional. An integer value. The x-coordinate at which the swipe gesture begins. The specified coordinates are relative to the upper left corner of the object. The default value is the center of the object.Default value = 0

startY

Optional. An integer value. The y-coordinate at which the swipe gesture begins. The coordinate is relative to the upper left corner of the object. The default value is the center of the object.Default value = 0

Return Type

None

IMPORTANT

This method is supported as long as the application supports touch events and is run on a mobile device on Mobile Center or a touch-enabled browser. Using this method on desktop browsers may generate warnings, even if you are using a mobile emulator.